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I started this piece with happy music playing as I laid down more colorful base layers. I slowly added in some darker colors, along with an area of straight black. Then more colorful areas. The text written throughout the process reflects my mood at specific moments during the process.

This is a mixed media piece with layers of toilet paper, acrylic, oil sticks and pastels creating a nicely textured area along the middle.

36"W x 36"H 1.5"D

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This is a cover up of an earlier piece. Because of that it has a few extra layers of texture and messages mixed throughout. Currently, this is about as large as I can go in my studio.

This is a mixed media piece with acrylic, pastels, oil stick, concrete paste and toilet paper. The layering of the toilet paper with the words repeated two or three times gives this piece it's depth.

36"W x 48"H 1.5"D

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Scribbled words. Partial song lyrics. Emotional connection to some of what I wrote.

Mixed media abstract. Focused in the center with deep red and orange...with a touch of blue and buff white.

36"w x 36"H x 1.5"D

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Mixed media abstract with acrylic, oil stick, pastel, paste, toilet paper and surgical gauze. Heavy and darker in the bottom right area and lighter and whiter along the top.

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Mixed media abstract with acrylic, oil stick, pastel, paste, toilet paper and surgical gauze. Many more layers and texture scrapes throughout the middle areas, with smoother scribbly areas top and bottom.

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Original piece, not a cover up. Has thick textured areas contrasted with smoother flat ones. It's like a colorful painted wall in some dark alley. Mixed media with many layers.

36"W x 36"H x 1.5"D

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A smaller cover up piece. This was originally part of a 4 piece work. Eventually I'll paint over the other three pieces. White over the top with colored layers showing below. Lot's of texture.

24"W x 24"H x 1.5"D

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Went back in the archives to find another older piece to cover up. I get a lot of texture and layers as I build on top of the earlier piece. Mixed media with acrylic, oil stick, pastel, surgical gauze, toilet paper, ripped paper and stencil.

36"W x 24"H x 1.5"D

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Larger abstract. Chaotic and layered at the top, smooth and a bit more calm along the bottom.

36"W x 48"H x 1.5"D

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A heavily textured cover up of an older piece. You can see some of the lower work showing through...I dig that part. Many different ingredients used here...acrylic, toilet paper, pastels, oil sticks.

36"W x 36"H x 1.5"D

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Changing things up a bit. Moving towards a blend of abstract with marginally representative figures.

Mixed media including acrylic, toilet paper, pastels and oil sticks.

36"W x 36"H x 1.5"D

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Another smaller piece. This one has so many layers I've lost count. In my head I imagined it would be one thing, but reality is a bit tricky sometimes, and it ended up going in a completely different direction. I like it when that happens!

Mixed up mixed media.

20"W x 24"H x 1.5"D

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This is a mixed media abstract with base colors that are a little more pale than I normally use. I wanted to mix it up a bit and at the same time create some contrast between the lower layers and the upper layers.

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Been very interested lately in the these cover ups of older works. This is another. Too many layers to count. Lots of elements used...acrylic, toilet paper, pastel, oil stick, surgical gauze, concrete paste...whew!

36"W x 48"H x 1.5"D

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Mixed media cover up of an early work that wasn't working. Lot's of messages scowled into this one...some obvious, some not, many hidden.

36"W x 48"H x 1.5"D

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Mixed media square. Layers, scratches, toilet paper, concrete paste and among the items used in this piece.